Common Birds in Newfoundland and Labrador
Our list for Newfoundland and Labrador has 79 common birds recorded regularly there: 22 residents, 28 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors and 10 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Newfoundland and Labrador in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 79, most common first
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Oct–May
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made